Shoe-tip.



PATBNTEID-QGT. 13, 1903.

1 c. d. TURNER.

SHOE TIP. APPLICATION-FILED MAR. 19.1903.

No menu.

UNITED? STATES Patented October 13, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES CHAPMAN TURNER, OF ARCADIA, FLORIDA.

SHOE-TIP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 741,567, dated October13, 1903.

Application filed March 19, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES CHAPMAN TURNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Arcadia,'in the county of De Soto'and State ofFlorida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Tips,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to shoe-tips; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

The object of the invention is to provide a solid tip for shoes made ofa suitable light and durable substance, such as wood, the tip being solocated at the forward end of the sole as to protect the leather partsof the shoe and as a preventive for corns, bunions, &c. The vamp can bemade of a smaller piece of leather, and thus a saving is eflected, andthe tip is so located to take up the wear and tear, which isparticularly desirable in shoes for infants and children. The tip mayalso be used for repairing purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a shoeprovided with the tip. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a shoeprovided with the tip. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a sole having thetip applied thereto. the lower portion of a shoe, showing the foot indotted lines in position in the shoe in relation to the tip.

The vamp is made of a smaller piece of leather than is used in theordinary shoe, for the reason that thesaid 'vamp does not ex-,, tend tothe forward end of the sole, but is cut away at the lines 2. The tip 3is made of solid substance, preferably wood, and is in shapesubstantially that of the point of a shoe. The forward edge 2 of thevamp 1 is nailed or otherwise secured to the rear portion of the uppersurface of the tip 3, and the lower surface of. the said tip is in turnsecured to the upper surface of the sole 4:. The rear edge of the tip 3is out on a diagonal, as indicated in Fig. 4, so that the said rear Fig.4 is a top plan view ofv $erial No. 148,557. (No model.)

edge presents a supporting-surface to the toes of the wearer whilecrawling.

The tip may be made of aluminium or other light metal, and the exposedsurface of the said tip mayor may not be provided with suit ableornaments in relief or otherwise attached thereto.

Having described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- J l 1. In combination with a shoe having a spacebetween the forward edge of its vamp and the forward end of itss01e,'over which said vamp does not extend, a solid tip inserted in saidspace, its upper surface being substantially of the same contour as theshape of the vamp if said vamp were continued over said space to'thesole.

2. In combination with a shoe having a space between the forward edge ofthe vamp and the forward end of the solo, a solid tip' inserted in saidspace and being secured to the forward edge of the vamp and the sole,the rear edgeof said tip being out on a diagonal.

3. In combination with a shoe having space between the forward edge ofits vamp and the forward end of its solo, a solid tip inserted in saidspace and being secured to the forward edge of the vamp: and the forwardend of the sole, the forward edge of the vamp extending across the tipat substantially right angles to the longitudinal axis of the shoe, therear edge of the tip extending under the forward edge of the vamp andbeing pitched at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the shoe.4. In combination with a shoe having a space between the forward edge ofits vamp and the forward lendof its sole, a solid tip inserted in saidspace and being thickest vertically at its rear edge.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

I CHARLES CHAPMAN- TURNER. Witnesses:

A. E. P005133, 0. W. FORRES'IER.

